第二部分： 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Bicycle Safety
Operation Always ride your bike in a safe, controlled manner on campus(校园). Obey rules and regulations. Watch out for walkers and other bicyclists, and always use your lights in dark conditions.
Theft Prevention Always securely lock your bicycle to a bicycle rack---even if you are only away for a minute. Register your bike with the University Department of Public Safety. It’s fast, easy, and free. Registration permanently records your serial number, which is useful in the possible recovery of the bike stolen. Equipment
Brakes Make sure that they are in good working order and
adjusted properly.
Helmet A necessity, make sure your helmet meets current
safety standards and fit properly.
Lights Always have a front headlight---visible at least 500
feet in front of the bike. A taillight is a
good idea.
Rules of the Road
Riding on Campus As a bicycle rider, you have a responsibility to ride only on streets and posted bicycle paths. Riding on sidewalks or other walkways can lead to a fine. The speed limit for bicycles on campus is 15mph, unless otherwise posted. Always give the right of ways to walkers. If you are involved in an accident, you are required to offer appropriate aid, call the Department of Public Safety and remain at the scene until the officer lets you go.
Bicycle Parking Only park in areas reserved for bikes. Trees, handrails, hallways, and sign posts are not for bicycle parking, and parking in such posts can result in a fine. If Things Go Wrong
If you break the rules, you will be fined. Besides violating rules while riding bicycles on campus, you could be fined for:
No
registration---------------------------------------------------$25
Bicycle
banned--------------------------------------------------$30
Blocking
path
with
bicycle parking bicycle
---------------------------------------------$40
Violation
-------------------------$35
of bicycle equipment requirement
36. Registration of your bicycle may help you _____________. A. find y our stolen bicycle C. receive free repair services walkers
37. According to the passage, what bike equipment is a free choice for bicycle riders? A. Brakes. taillight.
38. When you ride a bicycle on the campus, ___________. A. ride on posted bicycle paths and sidewalks B. cycle at a speed of over 15 mph C. put the walkers’ right of way first
B. A helmet.
C. A headlight.
D.A
B. get your serial number D. settle conflicts with
D. call the police before leaving in a case of accident
39. If you lock your bicycle to a tree on the campus, you could be fined _________. A. $25
B. $30
C. $35
D. $40
40. What is the passage mainly about?
A. A guide for safe bicycling on campus. B. Directions for bicycle tour on campus.
C. Regulations of bicycle race on campus. D. Rules for riding motor vehicles on campus.
B
Barditch High School decided to an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from and old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth your children, in my imagination.”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued: “It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me.
Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. Tee clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
41. What activity was organized for the school reunion? A. Sightseeing in the park. picnic on the school playground. C. Telling stories about past events. old building.
42. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
A. Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech. B. Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching. C. Some people got tired from the reunion activities. D. Most people had little interest in the reunion.
B. A
D. Graduates’ reports in the